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Appointed Commissar for Nationalities
Holds position until 1923 -
Appointed Commissar of State Control
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Appointed Commissar of Workers' and Peasants' Inspection
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Appointed General Secretary of Central Committee
Of Communist Party -
Lenin's Death
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Begins Manoeuvres to isolate & block Trotsky in Politburo
Politburo - 1 of 3 executive organs of government
General Secretary of the Communist Party was the only full member of all three bodies -
Zinoviev and Kamenev form triumvirate to rule USSR
Triumvirate - a political regime dominated by three powerful individuals, each a triumvir Rykov and Tomsky also anti-Trotsky -
Attacks moderates in Politburo over industrialisation pace in NEP
Zinoviev, Kamenev and Trotsky attack Bukharin, Rykov and Tomsky Stalin supports moderates -
And Bukharin form duumvirate to rule USSR
Duumvirate - a coalition of two people having joint authority or influence -
Politburo size increased: all new members are supporters
Increased from 6 to 9 All new members are supporters of Stalin -
Denounce lack of debate in Party
Trotsky, Zinoviev and Kamenev combine for first time Condemned as "traitors of the revolution" by Stalin -
Removed from Politburo
Zinoviev removed as Chairman of Leningrad Soviet
Kamenev removed as Chairman of Moscow Soviet
Zinoviev expelled from Communist Party
Kamenev removed from Politburo -
Expelled from Communist Party
Kamenev expelled from Communist Party -
Control of majority of Politburo
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Turns against Bukharin
Bukharin and supporters labelled "right-wing deviationists" -
Exiled to Central Asia
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Sole survivng member of Lenin's orginal Politburo
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Expelled from Soviet Union
